If you’re looking for full-on, uncompromising, guttural, heavy as hell death metal, then Vitriol may just be your next favourite band, because – above all else – what they succeed in doing is producing the utmost amount of noise and ear-bleeding ferocity. Read More
Power metal often gets a fair amount of bad publicity from the wider alternative music spectrum, and it’s a shame that most acts are tarred with the same brush, despite bands such as DragonForce, Powerwolf, and Victorious showing that good quality power metal does exist. Read More
After only forming in 2016, and with only one EP under their belt, you could be forgiven for mistaking Mancunian gothic metalcore crew Deadthrone for more established acts in their field. Read More
After pretty much leaving their technical deathcore roots behind with 2017’s ‘Clairvoyant’, The Contortionist had traversed from heavy riffs and guttural vocals to swirling soundscapes and melodic atmospherics, but also puzzled an element of their fanbase in the process. Read More
Coming from roots embedded in the straight-up thrash metal scene, Birmingham four-piece Eradikator have decided to traverse a somewhat rockier path on their third full-length record, ‘Obscura’. Read More
Listening to Sheffield based crew Havelocke will undoubtedly transport you to the start of the millennium when this post-hardcore-meets-emo type of music was all the rage. Read More
After last year’s ‘Bury Me In Blasphemy’ EP came as a surprise release, American deathcore veterans Carnifex have returned in 2019 with their seventh studio record, ‘World War X’. Read More
On the brink of celebrating their twentieth anniversary as a band, Swedish power metal crew Sabaton are both a surprise and inspiration to younger groups across the world. Read More
Manchester based post-metal act Pleiades have been compared to bands such as Devil Sold His Soul and Deafheaven in the past, and with their second EP, ‘All At Your Mercy’, it’s clear to see why. Read More
For the uninformed, Sunn O))) are an experimental/drone metal band hailing from the USA. Having not long celebrated their 20th anniversary, latest record ‘Life Metal’ marks their eighth studio record, and signifies one half of a dual release in 2019, with second half ‘Pyroclasts’ due later in the year. Read More
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